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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGIANA F. MILES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SYRINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 478,703, dated July12, 1892.

Application filed January 27, 1892. Serial No. 419,466. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGIANA F. MILES, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Syringes, of which thefollowingisaspecification.

As heretofore made bowl-syringes have generally been provided withnozzles secured to one of the flexible tubes, the bulb being in linewith the tube, or in some instances connected with the nozzle at anangle thereto; but in most constructions it is necessary for theoperator to support the instrument by means of one hand placed upon oradjacent to the inner end of the nozzle. In other cases the nozzle tubesor supports have extended forward. As aresult of the first construction,the hands are apt to be stained when the injecting-fluid is colored, andto be injured when the injecting-fluid is caustic or acid or greatlyheated, as is frequently the case, and it is practically impossible forobese persons to make use of either form of instrumentwithout the aid ofothers. To avoid these objections and otherwise improve the efficiencyof the syringe, I construct'the same as fully set forth hereinafter, andas illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l isa viewillustrating my improved syringe; Fig. 2, a full-sized view of thenozzleand handle. Figs. 3 and 4 are modifications.

The nozzle to is constructed of any suitable form, preferably with aslight curve toward the lower or inner end, and with the usualoutletopening at the outer end, and with the said nozzle is connectedthe handle b, the lower or connecting portion 0 of which extends outwardfrom its junction with the handle, preferably nearly at right angles, soas to support the handle at a suitable distance away from the nozzle,and the handle extends upward from its lower end, whereby when thesyringe is in use the handle occupies a position in front of theoperator or user at a point as high as the end of the nozzle,approximately parallel thereto, and may be readily grasped at a pointabove the lower end of the nozzle, preventing absolutely anycontact ofthe injecting-fluid with the hand that supports the nozzle, While theother hand may be employed for manipulating the bulb d, and theinstrument may be used readily by obese persons. The said bulb may be inthe lineof the flexible pipef, as shown in Fig. 1; or the handle I) maybe hollow and the bulb may be upon the end of thesame, so that thehandle may be grasped in one hand and the bulb manipulated by theotherat a point above the outlet end of the nozzle, as indicated in Fig. 3.In suohcase the valve-chest e is preferably at the junction of thehandle and the nozzle.

In the construction shown in Fig.4thehantile 1) is detachable from thenozzle a, being secured thereto by suitable connecting means, as a splitclamp g and clam pin g-screw '11. This permits the handle to beconnected to the nozzles of syringes not especially constructed inaccordance with my invention.

Without limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangements ofparts shown and described, I claim 1. A syringe provided with a nozzleand with a handle attached to the nozzle by an intermediate connection0, supporting the handle at a distance from the nozzle, said handleextending upward from its junction with the connection 0, approximatelyparallel to the nozzle, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the nozzle of a syringe, of a projecting handleclamped to the nozzle, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGIANA F. MILES.

\Vitnesses:

EDWARD P. MACLEAN, WILSON P. BOYD.

